BASICS OF MLA STYLE Lets Get Started Points

BASICS OF MLA STYLE Let’s Get Started…

Points to Remember: Font Style/Size Page Number Date Spacing Margin Paragraph Indention In-text Citations Contractions Personal Pronouns Thesis 5 Paragraph Outline

WORKS CITED PAGE • In Alphabetical order. • Can mostly be done on Citefast. • Needs to be on separate page.

CITATIONS…IDENTIFY YOUR SOURCE

In 1591, Anne Hutchinson was born in Alford, Lincolnshire, England with the given name Anne Marbury (Maier, “Hutchinson, Anne Marbury”). Her father, an English minister, greatly influenced her religious beliefs and convictions (“People and Ideas: Anne Hutchinson”). A year after the death of her father, Anne married her husband, William Hutchinson, in 1612. Shortly after they were married, William and Anne began traveling to hear the sermons of the Puritan preacher, John Cotton. During this time, many Puritans were settling in Boston, Massachusetts due to exile. John Cotton also decided to settle in Boston to begin ministering to those exiled. William and Anne Hutchinson followed the minister, John Cotton, and settled in Massachusetts (“Anne Marbury Hutchinson”). The move to Massachusetts set the stage for the beginning of Anne’s religious influence on people.

Print Source with Author In-text Example: Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as “symbol-using animals” (3). Or, Human beings have been described as “symbol-using animals” (Burke 3).

Print Source With Unknown Author In-text Example: We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change. . . ” (“Impact of Global Warming” 6).

Internet Sources In-text Example: One online film critic stated that Fitzcarraldo is “. . . a beautiful and terrifying critique of obsession and colonialism” (Garcia, “Herzog: a Life”).

Internet Sources w/o Author In-text Example: One online film critic stated that Fitzcarraldo is “. . . a beautiful and terrifying critique of obsession and colonialism” (“Herzog: a Life”).

Print Source Online Source (Burke 3). (Garcia, “Herzog: a Life”). (“Impact of Global Warming” 6). ( “Herzog: a Life”).

In 1591, Anne Hutchinson was born in Alford, Lincolnshire, England with the given name Anne Marbury (Maier, “Hutchinson, Anne Marbury”). Her father, an English minister, greatly influenced her religious beliefs and convictions (“People and Ideas: Anne Hutchinson”). A year after the death of her father, Anne married her husband, William Hutchinson, in 1612. Shortly after they were married, William and Anne began traveling to hear the sermons of the Puritan preacher, John Cotton. During this time, many Puritans were settling in Boston, Massachusetts due to exile. John Cotton also decided to settle in Boston to begin ministering to those exiled. William and Anne Hutchinson followed the minister, John Cotton, and settled in Massachusetts (“Anne Marbury Hutchinson”). The move to Massachusetts set the stage for the beginning of Anne’s religious influence on people.